The Oslo Accords International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements

by Watson, Geoffrey R.

• ISBN13: 9780198298915
• ISBN10: 0198298919
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book presents the first comprehensive legal analysis of the Oslo Accords. Professor Geoffrey Watson begins by rejecting suggestions that the Accords are non-binding political undertakings. He argues instead that they are binding international agreements between subjects of internationallaw. Professor Watson next analyses Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Accords. Watson concludes that each side has a mixed record of compliance, but that neither side has committed so serious a breach as to warrant termination of the Accords. Finally, Professor Watson offers somesuggestions on how international law might help shape a final status agreement between the parties.

Author Biography

Geoffrey Watson is Associate Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic Univ of America

Table of Contents

List of Maps	xii
Part I: Historical Background	1	(54)
Before Oslo: A Brief Legal History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict	3	(38)
An Overview of the Oslo Accords	41	(14)
Part II: Are the Oslo Accords Legally Binding?	55	(48)
Are the Oslo Accords Treaties?	57	(18)
Other Theories of Obligation	75	(16)
The Oslo Accords as Binding Agreements Between Subjects of International Law	91	(12)
Part III: Israeli Compliance with the Oslo Accords	103	(98)
Redeployment from the West Bank	105	(27)
Settlements	132	(11)
Passages, Ports, and Economic Issues	143	(25)
Israeli Human Rights Obligations	168	(33)
Part IV: Palestinian Compliance with the Oslo Accords	201	(64)
Amendment of the Palestinian National Charter	203	(8)
The Palestinian Duty to Prevent Terror and Violence	211	(26)
Limits on Palestinian Self-Government	237	(15)
Palestinian Human Rights Obligations	252	(13)
Part V: After Oslo	265	(48)
International Law and the `Permanent Status' Issues	267	(41)
Conclusion	308	(5)
Appendices: The Oslo Accords and Related Documents	313	(78)
Bibliography	391	(20)
Index	411